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Find the least natural number t t , for which there exists some 1 s t 1\le s\le t ,

such that n s n^s and n t n^t have the same last 3 digits for any natural numbers n n .

Note : The last 3 digits of 18 18 (for example) is considered 018 018 , which is the same as 2018 2018 .


The answer is 103.

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Hana Wehbi
May 29, 2018

Problem and solution courtesy: Stanford University

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